Day 4 : Vikas Khoj Yatra By Gujarat Pradesh Youth Congress #VikasKhojYatra

DAY - 4: Last night there was a rain and it's not the season for rain so everybody were little bit tense and worried about all the fellow pad yatri's at shelter. But proactive steps by volunteers saved many good stuff.

Day - 4  #VikasKhojYatra

I am showing you the real picture of Gujarat that i am exploring during The "Vikas Khoj Yatra".

This is the picture of kathlal a town 40km away from ahmedabad but the widow women of BPL families are not getting any Govt. support - Is this the development Mr.Modi talking about ?

Widow women from BPL families are not getting their pension. -  #VikasKhojYatra

Sonpura Village Just 30 K.M. away from Ahmedabad but these poor people are not getting any govt help and they are living without electricity; Is this the development Mr.Modi talking about ?

This is the building of primary school Village Mathurpura on Kathlal Road i.e. 30 K.M. from Ahmedabad; Can imagine how students and teachers can concentrate on study under this shelter ?

Village on Kathlal Road i.e. 32 K.M. from Ahmedabad - Drinking water is the BIG issue in the village. 

I am really thankful to the leaders of Youth Congress and Gujarat Pradesh Congress for organizing this  Vikas Khoj Yatra as this will not open my eyes but also of many others.

There are 18000+ villages in Gujarat and 99% of these villages are suffering any of these problems but the CM Claims in front of nation that Gujarat is the most developed state of the country. I think this is the right time to show correct picture of Gujarat's development to the world. 

Jai hind  !!

Day Two : Vikas Khoj Yatra By Gujarat Pradesh Youth Congress #VikasKhojYatra

#VikasKhojYatra : Day Two -

After a first night halt in the one of the beautigul farm Vikas Khoj Yatra started for second day; People are full of energy, enthusiasm and great patriotism. 

Many villagers warmly responded it and complained about their daily problem of water and electricity in their farms. Equally happy and hopeful that now youth will surely bring solution for their problems as they are moving with flag of tricolor.

It's approx 1400 + people on road still there was complete harmony and great amount of discipline by all the "padyatri". 

Yatra stop for a lunch after 9 K.M. walk and rested there for two hours and still the leaders were busy in listing the problems of local people and other villagers.

Mahemdavad MLA and Kheda Dist President warmly welcome the yatra with flower garlands and crackers at Mahemdavad Cross Road- Nainpur.
Again Yatra charged up to move further in search of development in Gujarat.

After 12 K.M. walk there was well arranged tents for night halt. 

Today without any national or local leaders the team of youth congress workers was in great discipline and spirit. Kudos to all. Jai ho..

Day One : Vikas Khoj Yatra By Gujarat Pradesh Youth Congress #VikasKhojYatra

Today Gujarat Pradesh Youth Congress started the "Vikas Khoj Pad Yatra" from Satyagarh Ashram, Ahmedabad; Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia - Member of Parliament and the Union Minister of State for the Ministry of Power and Shri Rajeev Satav - President Indian Youth Congress flag off the yatra.

More than 5000 Youth of Gujarat were present at the venue to be part of the #VikasKhojYatra ; Approx 700-800 Youth were walking with their respective Lokshabha team.

Speech of Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia was full of energy and he sited many examples of mismanagement of Gujarat state govt. Shri Scindia Particularly mentioned that Gujarat CM is selling lies to the people of the India and it's duty & responsibility of youth to search the truth behind it.

Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia -Addressing #VikasKhojYatra

Shri Rajeev Satav with all workers of Youth Congress at #VikasKhojYatra

It's great motivation for the youth at large as Shri Rajeev Satav was walking with them from venue to first night halt. 

Today Yatra is at hathijan for night halt tomorrow 9.00 a.m. march towards Mahemdavad.. 
Jai ho.. !!

Muslims Education in Gujarat – Myth and reality



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Educationally, Muslims are the most deprived community in Gujarat.  A mere 26% muslims reach matriculation and a large dropout takes place at about 5th standard. A disturbing trend was noticed in case of education at the level of graduation. Muslims, who had about the same level of education in the past, are found to have been left behind compared even with the SCs/STs. Despite 75% net enrolment, about similar levels compared to other groups, Muslims are deprived at the level of matriculation and higher levels.

The research team, which was headed by Tripathi, a professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, highlighted the fact that the four government primary schools in Juhapura area of Ahmedabad and govt. schools are able to enroll only 10 per cent of the children in the locality in the first standard, while there are only four classrooms for every 818 students.

“There is a serious problem of lack of space. The schools are not able to accommodate all the students. Though around 6,000 children are born in Juhapura annually, there are not enough schools to accommodate them in the secondary and higher-secondary levels.

“Inquiries with the Central Government reveal that the Gujarat Government demands 100 per cent funding against the present norm of 75 : 25 Centre-State sharing. The officials in the Ministry of Minority Affairs point out that the Gujarat Government expressed its inability to implement the scheme until 100 per cent grant (against the current Central contribution of 75 per cent) was provided by the Centre.

On the other hand it is the high caste Hindus who have benefited most in the recent years from the public provisioning of higher education, the SCs/STs are catching up and the Muslims are left behind. The disparity in access to higher education is increasing over time. This clearly is an evidence of discrimination in provisioning of higher education access, infrastructure and related services.

To overcome the Muslim deficit in different levels of education, the central government has launched a nationwide scholarship scheme with effect from April 1, 2008. All states have responded favourably, with the only exception of Gujarat which has not implemented even the pre-matric scholarship for minorities. There are 55,000 scholarships allocated to Gujarat of which 53,000 are to be given to deserving Muslims, but Gujarat has not cared to implement this programme.

A senior state bureaucrat admitted that the Gujarat Government believes that the scholarship creates discrimination among non-minority groups, hence it cannot be allowed.

News International phone hacking scandal

An Australian American media mogul and the Chairman and CEO of News Corporation Mr.Rupert Murdoch, owns 150 national, capital city and suburban news brands in Australia, which include mass circulation daily tabloids in Sydney (Daily Telegraph) and Melbourne (Sun Herald) and the national daily The Australian.

According to the 2010 list of Forbes richest Americans, Murdoch is the 38th richest person in the US and the 117th-richest person in the world, with a net worth of $6.2 billion.

Currently murdoch is struggling to control the destiny of the company he began building six decades ago after a trusted deputy was arrested and Scotland Yard’s top official quit over ties to a suspect in the phone-hacking probe.

As allegations of phone-hacking escalated, Murdoch abandoned a 7.8 billion pound ($12.6 billion) bid for all of British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc (BSY), shut the 168-year-old tabloid on which his U.K. media business was founded and lost the support of all Britain’s main political parties.

A police enquiry revealed that the News of the World had a routine practice of intercepting mobile phone messages of celebrities, politicians and other public figures. The newspaper’s reporter, Clive Goodman, and Glenn Mulcaire, a hired investigator, were convicted and jailed for intercepting the phone messages of members of the royal family in 2006.

In 2011, The Guardian and a solicitor alleged that in 2002, when Rebekah Brooks was editor the paper had also hacked the voicemail of missing schoolgirl Milly Dowler (later found to be murdered), to access messages left by her parents. It was also alleged that messages had been deleted when the mailbox was getting full, to allow new messages to be left and illicitly listened to; this caused the missing girl’s family to think that she was still alive and monitoring her messages.

The New York Times London wrote that, if the allegations were true, “it would mean either that Ms. Brooks had no idea how the paper she edited was obtaining information about the Dowler family for its articles, or that she knew about the hacking and allowed it”. In an email to her staff Brooks said it was “inconceivable” that she had known what was happening over Milly Dowler’s voicemail.

Shares of News Corporation tumbled by over 4 per cent in Australia on 18th july 2011, as investors offloaded the company’s shares amid a deepening crisis surrounding the media conglomerate.

The company took out advertisements in national U.K. newspapers this weekend to apologize for the scandal. “Apologising for our mistakes and fixing them are only the first steps,” News International said in the ads. The company vowed to cooperate with the police and compensate those affected, saying it is “committed to change.”

James Murdoch’s future as chairman of British Sky Broadcasting (BSY.L) was thrown into doubt on 18th July 2011, after minority investors called for a corporate governance health-check of its board in the wake of the News Corp phone hacking scandal.

Murdoch is eager to stop the crisis from further spreading to the United States, where many of his most lucrative assets including the Fox TV network, 20th Century Fox film studio, The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post are based.

50% Reservation for Women in Panchayats

Pratibha Devisinh Patil – President of Republic of India, Sonia Gandhi – President of Indian National Congress & Chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance, Sushma Swaraj – Leader of the Opposition in the 15th Lok Sabha, Mamata Banerjee – Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mayawati – Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Jayalalithaa – Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu; These are the few big names of indian politics. All of them are the role model of mass and successfully doing their respective jobrole.

The Cabinet on Thursday approved the proposal for enhancing reservation for women in Panchayats from the present 33 per cent to 50 per cent with the provision being applicable to all seats filled through direct election, office of chairpersons and of offices reserved for SC/ST.

“The Cabinet approved the proposal for moving an official amendment to the Constitution (one hundred and tenth amendment) Bill, 2009 for enhancing reservation for women in Panchayats at all tiers from 1/3 to at least 50 per cent,” information and broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni told reporters.

At present, out of the total elected representatives of Panchayats numbering approximately 28.18 lakh, 36.87% are women. With the proposed Constitutional Amendment, the number of elected women representatives is expected to rise to more than 14 lakh. Having more elected women representatives would benefit the entire population of the States and UTs where Panchayati Raj is in existence.

The amendment bill, which was introduced in Lok Sabha on November 26, 2009, will incorporate one change suggested by the standing committee on rural development that the word “rural” be added before the word “population” wherever it occurs in the draft legislation.

The intention behind adding “rural” before “population” is to reflect appropriate demographic representation of categories of population for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for whom reservation is made.

The provision of reserving half the seats for women in Panchayats will apply to the total number of seats filled by direct election, offices of chairpersons and seats and offices of chairpersons reserved for SCs and STs.

Aarakshan – आरक्षण

Prakash Jha a director of hard hitting films like like ‘Mrityudand’, ‘Gangajal’, ‘Apaharan and ‘Raajneeti’. Mr.Jha is in also hitting top line of entertainment & social media for his new film  ‘Aarakshan’.

The August 12 release ‘Aarakshan’ is a socio-political drama, based on caste-based reservations in government jobs and educational institutions in india. The movie features Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Prateik Babbar and Manoj Bajpayee in pivotal roles.

Film was embroiled in controversy after the National Commission for Minorities and National Commission of Scheduled Castes  & Dalit bodies had sought a special screening to confirm the film did not misinterpret the constitutional provision for reservations of socially backward classes.

It is the story of Prabhakar Anand, an idealistic principal of a college who has single-handedly turned into the state’s best college. Deepak Kumar who can do anything for his Sir. Deepak love for Prabhakar’s daughter, Poorbi (Deepika Padukone), of his friendship with Sushant (Prateik Babbar). It is the story of their love, their lively friendship, their zest for life, and of their dreams for the future.

Centered on one of the most controversial issues of recent years, with the Supreme Court’s order on reservations, the story suddenly becomes a rollercoaster ride of high drama, conflict, and rebellion, which tests their love and friendship for one another, and their loyalty to Prabhakar Anand. Saif Ali Khan portrays the role of an Dalit.

“Aarakshan” received UA Certificate with clean chit from the censor board. The certificate was awarded after an examining committee, set up with representatives from the Dalit, OBC, SC and ST community reviewed the movie, said an I&B Ministry official, addding “they unanimously agreed to clear it.

The examining committee had a total of nine members and two officials. Retired Justice Mr Mukul Mudgal, Chairperson of Censor Board Ms Leela Samson, Mr Pankaj Sharma, Dalit activist, Ms Rajni Tilak were expert committee members who came from Delhi. Examining committee comprised of members drawn from Scheduled Caste, Scheduled tribes and Other Backward castes.

Amitabh said: “There is no ‘Aarakshan’ in Hindi film industry. Rather I would say that Indian film industry is big example of national integration,”. “When you stand in a line to buy a ticket you don’t see whether you are standing in the queue with a Hindu, Muslim or Sikh. You neither check the caste or religion of the person sitting next to you in the hall.

 ”I am playing a principal of a private institute who is a man of principles. He believes that everyone should be equally treated. “When it’s not been practiced in his school, he runs a class in his home where there is no caste discrimination and he teaches those who are not treated equally so that they also get the merit and progress in life. He believes that if every student gets equal opportunities, then the students from deprived classes can also shine in life.”